How to Migrate a WordPress Site to DigitalOcean from Shared Hosting? Tested & Working in 2020

Need help moving/migrating a WordPress site to DigitalOcean Cloud VPS from your old, slow shared hosting company? We have tested different methods and came up with a tested step-by-step guide on how to migrate a WordPress site to DigitalOcean:

Now, all you have left to do is to update the domain nameservers to that of DigitalOcean.

Log into your Domain Registrar and update the NS information to the following:

ns1.digitalocean.com

ns2.digitalocean.com

ns3.digitalocean.com

DNS propagation may take some time. You can fasten this process by using a VPN. Connect to an IP nearest to the server region and confirm that the site is actually loading on the Digital Ocean IP. To do this, you can use CMD Ping on Windows 10 and terminal ping on macOS.

I think I’ve covered everything. If you think I’ve missed out on any special case, or you have found a more efficient way to get this done, or if you are having any problem following a part of the procedure, do let me know in the comments section below and I’ll try my best to come up with a solution. If you’ve found this helpful in some way, and want more posts like this on the blog, please share it across your social profiles and of course to the needy. Adiós!